Yarvad would never consider lying while acting as "An Issaries", although he might be less than perfectly frank in an unofficial role. As a herald or merchant or messenger, anything he said was the truth, and would have passed a truth spell test easily.
However, he did not by any means scruple to *mislead* someone by telling selective truth, or by careful phrasing and presentation.
On the subject of greed: almost by accident, he had accumulated a huge amount of money (in the unusual form of actual cash, too). Yarvad would happily make large profit on anything he happened to sell. On the other hand, when he found someone calling himself a "Trader" who was extorting huge sums for water because he controlled the only oasis on a caravan route, Yarvad was so infuriated he not only endured his thirst for a while longer rather than buy any, he ritually cursed this man in the name of Issaries that he should lose money on every deal and end his days penniless.
We haven't returned to that spot, but if we do I would be gratified to see that the curse worked.
There is a difference between profit and extortion, and I think
Issaries recognizes it.
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Carl Fink carlf_at_dm.net
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